Posted on 04/08/2020 8:47:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A hospital in France has had to stop an experimental treatment using hydroxychloroquine on at least one coronavirus patient after it became a "major risk" to their cardiac health.
The University Hospital Center of Nice (CHU de Nice) is one of many hospitals trialing hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients. It announced it had been selected for the trial on March 22. A statement from the hospital said it was testing four experimental treatments, one of which included hydroxychloroquine. It hoped to establish its effectiveness and side effects of this and the other treatments being tested.
In an interview with the French daily newspaper Nice-Matin, Professor Émile Ferrari, the head of the cardiology department at the Pasteur hospital in Nice, said the side effects had already been identified, with some patients having to stop treatment because of the risk posed.
He said electrocardiogram recordings of patients involved with the trial were being constantly monitored. An ECG measures electrical activity in the heart, and represents this on a graph as a QT interval. Ferrari said these recordings are interpreted and, if anomalies are reported, treatment is stopped.
Asked if this had happened yet, he said: "Yes, from the start of the trial. Thanks to this ECG follow-up, we highlighted the major risks of a very serious accident in a patient, and the treatment was immediately stopped."
The potential cardiac side effects of hydroxychloroquine were highlighted by the Mayo Clinic at the end of March. An article on its website said the drug has potential to lead to sudden cardiac death in some patients. In a small number of patients it has the potential to lead to prolonged QTc , which can result in an abnormal heart rhythm.
Hydroxychloroquine, Mayo Clinic said, blocks one of the channels that controls the heart's electrical recharging systems.
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The basis for my original comments on this thread were that the azythromycin (or doxycyline) were included in the drug regimen for their effect on the inflammation and fluid build up in the lungs. This was not a thought that I originated. It was stated by the doctor on the French study, it was stated by multiple doctors on the Laura Ingraham show, it was stated by Dr. Oz. I am not qualified to refute their statements. Perhaps, in your infinite wisdom you are. Frankly I don't care since I place higher regard in what they say than it what you say.
“If you are expecting a rigorous debate, sorry. You win by default. If you are saying doctors do not prescribe z-packs for what amounts to a common cold you lose. Anecdotal evidence is sufficient to refute an absolute.”
What anecdotal evidence? Only thing I see is you making claims of anecdotal evidence.
” Since both my son and daughter along with co-workers and multiple teachers at schools where my wife has taught have been prescribed z-packs for what amounted to the common cold your absolute is readily negated.”
LOL! Teachers are not authorized to prescribe anything but homework.
LoV
“If you are saying doctors do not prescribe z-packs for what amounts to a common cold you lose. ‘
I guess I win. because I didn’t say that.
A TITLE IN ALL CAPS. Must be impotent.
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